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Mining & the mines, 1947

4,492 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 225

Challenge to Authority of Coal Tribunal

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 6

The Amalgamated Engineering has lodged with the High Court an application challenging the authority of the…

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Challenge to Authority of Coal Tribunal

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 6

The Amalgamated Engineering Union has lodgbed with the High Court an application challenging the anthority of the…

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9 Killed In U.S. Mine Explosion

The Sun · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 7

WASHINGTON, Thursday. -- While a Senate committee was investigating the Centralis mine…

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Blame For Mine Blast

The Sun · Saturday 12 April 1947 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Friday.--The company officers and management were to blame for the Contralto. (Illinois) mine disaster…

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Wagga Gold Cup Meet

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 April 1947 · page 16

THE sum of £2131 in prize-money will be distributed at Wagga Gold Cup meeting on April 30 and May 1…

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Wagga Gold Cup Meet

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 April 1947 · page 14

THE sum of £2131 in prize-money will be distributed at Wagga Gold Cup meeting on April 30 and May 1…

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Wagga Gold Cup Meet

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 April 1947 · page 14

THE sum of £2131 in prize-money will be distributed at Wagga Gold Cup meeting on April 30 and May 1…

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Wagga Gold Cup Meet

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 April 1947 · page 16

THE sum of £2131 in prize-money will be distributed at Wagga Gold Cup meeting on April 30 and May 1…

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Wagga Gold Cup Meet

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 April 1947 · page 14

THE sum of £2131 in prize-money will be distributed at Wagga Gold Cup meeting on April 30 and May 1…

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Closing Mining Quotations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 April 1947 · page 5

Buyer. Seller. COPPER. Mt. Lyell.... — 27/ SILVER-LEAD…

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We may use our coal unmined

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 April 1947 · page 14

TWO German scientists, Dr. Danulat and Mr. Bruggerman, are due to arrive, next month in…

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Councils Want Better Coal For Bunnerong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 April 1947 · page 1

The State Government will be asked to supply Bunnerong power station with better quality coal to enable electric…

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Explosion in U.S. MINE Nine Men Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 April 1947 · page 3

NEW YORK, April 11 (A.A.P.). —Exploding gas in a hard coal mine in Exeter, Pennsylvania, yesterday killed nine miners and…

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Gold

The Sun · Sunday 13 April 1947 · page 3

LUCKY strike, feverish rush, ghost town, is the cycle that plays itself over and over again in Australia's colorful gold history. In the last few months…

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SIGNPOST of Mine Host

Truth · Sunday 13 April 1947 · page 48

WITH the bitter wind shrinking him in his over-large suit, Flicks Gallagher went through the rain, lured on and on by a vision; the vision of a fathom-deep feather-bed that would embrace, lull, warm and asphyxiate him, and wake…

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Dusted miners

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 April 1947 · page 6

SIR,--The plight of "dusted" miners in the South Coast mines must be brought before the public…

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Four Mines Idle

The Sun · Monday 14 April 1947 · page 1

Four mines are idle on the northern and southern fields today for a coal output loss of 4550 tons…

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State Losing Coal Market

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 April 1947 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Sunday. -- New South Wales collieries are rapidly losing their South Australian trade. The South Australian Electricity…

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German Coal For France

The Sun · Monday 14 April 1947 · page 7

MOSCOW. Monday. -- The Big Four Foreign Ministers have negotiated an agreement on allotments of…

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Miners' Leader to Take Over

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 April 1947 · page 10

Mr. Idris Williams, formerly secretary of the Victorian district, will take over his new duties as general president when…

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